Telegram-herald., 1887-07-02

NO MOVE MADE TO TAP ras RIVER.
Tss Beard Of fasaie wer1s ei@anAAAx
crseit whisk HEhfaals EslesSst 80
others 4 fftxs3ss ssaSd Ter slsAA~
tia. TIE Mater haiss-

the B~laaeFaf and Eagts especially apPozr
10 De- making > despsT4ss efort 70 make
people believe that the bo3Fd Cf Pueiic
WORKS deserves great credit for successfully
negotiating wita Mrs.. Amscsn and secer-
inx the privilege ef 0penins the outlet Ot
nsk's lake and relieving Tie clrys thirst,
bng cluzsns who knaE the facts
OF the transaction are Inclined = think InAt
tie Bozr zra is ebtItled 20 eansure rstnef than
credit tyr their action or, more properly, IA
action IN the case.
Ia mentioning the matter Yesterday
morning, the Iesl0saf said. The easement
which the Board Of Public Works secured
sfom AIRS. Amsden II allow tie digging oi
toe trench % fisk's lake scross her iAua
cost 500. The statement u The case made
ty the Board is that tie essensnt Was
practically Sc cured for so when some clfi.
zens offered Mrs. Amsdsn 500 Tor the ease
msnt and Of course the Board Lad 10 meet
this outside offer
The citizens who negotiated with Mrs.
Amsden contend that tie Board had not
msde any move 10 secure the easement.
further inan 10 Oner Mrs. AEasdsn 80.
until "Wednesday afternoon, after a call Tor
mass meeting had been circulated on the
streets, AID that IN all probability they
would not have acted than, bad they not
been informed that Collector Davis, MAJOR
NaisonI ana others, were about 10 maze
arrangements 10 supply the city WITH
water.
Ia order to get a. the facts in the case
IEIE6RkM kM-HERALD reporter called Oh Mrs.
Amtden last evening. and asked her 10 give
history OF the transaction. She said:
Mr. Stevens W. d.. Of the Board of
Public Works came here last sunday
morning and asked me If i would accept
small Compensation and allow the Board TO
deepen the outlet OF the Lake. 1 replied
No coeiceely. / understaua that il Is re-
ported, that Mr.. Stevens offered me $50, bat
/ have no recollection that he mentioned
any definite amount There were no fur
ther negotiations until Wednesday after
noon, when Mr.. FitzGsrald sent for me 10
come To his o.fce. Mr.. ti;zGerald is nay
attorney Iie sent note py the man who
came after me, stating that he wished TO con-
suit with me sb0ut the water, but did not
state who wanted 10 negotiate for
the water. | went down 10 AR. fitZGer-
aids Office as requested. l did not meet
Mr.. Davis there that know, but / heard
his name mentioned while there. ! met
Mr.. Briggs and another gentleman hr.
Thayer.l ] did not know who l was to
meet when ! went TO the Office. Mr.. Fitz-
Gerald advised me TO deal directly with
the Board because they had control of the
water supply and did SO. | do not care
to state how much the board paid me for
the privilege of taking wafer from the lake.
There were no negotiations from Sunday
until Wednesday afternoon, and then all
the talk was in Mr.. FitzGersld's Office"
President ThayeT, OF the Board Of Public
Works, was seen By reporter last evening
and in reply TO questions concerning the
deal with Mrs. Amsden, said: The facts
are that the members OF the Board did not
know that anybody had been negotiating
with the lady until after the bargain was
closed aud the papers signed late NedDes-
DAY afternoon. Then MIR. fitz6erald said
that he would tell is something that he
had not been at liberty 10 mention before.
and informed Us that Mr.. Davis and Mr..
Watson and, / think, others bad been
negotiating for lhe privilege which the
Board had purchased 1 did not say any
thing about il at the time, but / now mis-
tfusJ that the city wo1ld have secured the
easement TOR less money-prob-
aoy $500 or $500 less-had
rot Mr. Davis and others offered
To buy IT, So far as the negotiations are
concerned. ! will say that we considered the
matter. began negotiations, before Colonel
Brig~s aud myself were called out Of the
city last week, and while we were away Mr..
Stevens saw Mrs. AmsGen, but DO not un-
derstand that he offered her any definite
amount. He simply asked bor if she would
be willing TO sell for small consideration,
and she declined. Our negotiations were
conducted through Mr.. FitZ('erad. With
another member of the y )ard / went out 10
the Lake 10 look over the situation bnt /
did not see Mrs. Amsden until we met her
az her attorneys Office. We met Mr.. Davis
at Mr.. FiizGeralds Office but did not know
bis business there until after the papers had
been signed"
In regard 10 the statement printed in the
Dsnlocrat to the effect that the beard had
received the reports Of the hydraulic
eosineers ssd purporting 10 give tho con-
tents OF the reports Mr. Ihsver said Two
reoorfs have been received and there is
another 10 come. The sesls have not been
broken and no one connected with the
board knows the contents OF the reports.
They will not be opened until the other Is
received and then they will be submitted 10
the so-csiled wstsr committee That CON-
mi;tee includes the board but there are
several other mem bess. The reports viii
not be opened until submitted TO tEfr whole
committee
A special meeting Of the Board Of Put,o
| Works was held last evening and tue
water ques tion was discussed for an hour or
! more but no definite action was taken.
Citizens are still demanding that the Board
make arrangements TO take water from ;he
| river and are indignant st the delay.
Ats O'Clock yesterday afternoon g stream
Of water. six feet wide and two inches deep.
was n0sing over the dam. 10 tie outlet
OF Fisk's Lake. The dan il con-
posed Of FIVE tvo-ty.four ssantliBgs cut
to fit The width Of the stream and one or
ali may be removed. Coon alter o'eieek
the reservoir and settling bssin both being
well filed. another scantIlng was placed os
the dam shut ting of the fow from the
| lake entirely, il being part Of the aFree-
L Iot
water shall be drawn from the lake than
necessary 20 supply the demand. At
O'Clock rhsufbsr Of the Township Beard
Of Grand Rapids ioeBsbip called at III
| ofsce and compiaiB.d that the wstsr in
| Reeds Lake bad fallen rapidly
since the out3st had been
6eepsrst. and the Board cssld not sIls-
| L 70 be lowered much more. Wssa in-
foraed that the fov bad besn sbut Of b
departed spPsrsnry ssti:ssd that the axes
| we're not q bs emptie5 ebtirelY.
Ssversi citizens have bad thsi, snprly o.
wa.sr shut o. for Tsels tias the rssss Of the
Bags and paid thsir f3.fzr Ia hsvins
IS iesned on again. Am0Be them was Jar
- Etsey. Of the fFm ~ Nelson. Matter &
Co In his fsss the Complaint VS.
sasss bv W iaer y Stevens. = rnentsr
~ tie Bosr8 II faoiie WORKS Ar. Jtey
has 8trefofors been r2rTn supporter ef
tIfe s9sT4 sDa yoteo ~ fsTfr o. 81 r-oD0s1-
f 1rs ssszsitte3 hv them bat bs Bo~ de-
cars tsst he hzs nscox4e strongly con
rircsd thss il y So for chsngs and ibst
&,aae practical msa Eheal6 be pat n con
trol u be wster works
Eaos Pazaz sxyrsssrd BE orininr af
the Bose5 a. foli0ra Tas Besrd ssoa}a
/ hsre gons - work sfrez Tour 1nessinc s1S
/ m&3s consecti0n ~ift ~ r rsr -uder-
sta1a 10 eTerf hss taeer ns5e. Tis.r -
sisntss " 80 q tie people 'Yo1 vIrs .
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